#goldfinchfreehold

Etsie cackles in delight when she gets the news, the elderly satyress pumps her fist in the air "TWO NEW BABIES!"

News is spreading...

the goldfinch bird trills happily, and the tiny balefire perks!

Sylvi finds that she has a text from Piper!

MIA for a while. Can you reschedule my classes or get a sub? Guess maternity leave started early… 😅

Babies are okay. I have a son!! AND A DAUGHTER! She’s tiny and trapped in an easy bake Frankenstein oven for a while… well they call it NICU. 😭

A delay.

Lots of tubes and wires. They say she’s just underdeveloped though. Don’t get anyone worried

A delay from her side.

Somewhere in the hold, Etsie is playing 'Forever young'

Meanwhile, Sylvi's gathering up things she might need, muttering, "Whether she wants me to or not, I'm going."

"About time" A voice says

She looks up. Was that Etsie?

Rikki is there, with packed bags "I got her play list, her musical instrument, and I think I smuggled in several sex t oys she won't use"

"I guess they got taken by surprise, yeah. Thanks." She offers to take the bags, then pauses. "You coming with?"

She holds onto some of the bags, "You kidding? I'm the Unseelie Godmother... Just figured you'd be on this like blue on a smurf"

Clearly she intends to go

Rikki, of course, also got one of the first texts. She is Piper’s bestie!

Sylvi hesitates a moment -- does she dare unleash Rikki on a hospital? -- but realizes that trying to stop her would only make things worse. "Welp...let's go, then."

Piper responds,

You can come, but they’re limiting visitors. Maybe tomorrow better? Sry, I’m still dopey.

Then,

Wait, no- come now? I can use you bad. They said I can’t go see the babies until I’m out of bed!

She looks at the first text and frowns...then at the second text and gets a look of determination.

Don’t tell R

Rikki peeks, then giggles

"We might not get to see the babies this time," she says as she leads the way out, "but Piper needs a boost."

Bring your makeup kit plz? Will explain

Piper is not normally that vain, but maybe she is thinking of looking good for maternity pics?

Rikki follows

Good thing that the makeup kit was part of the supplies she'd already gathered. On it!

And off they go! Rikki says "Imagine it, I can teach one to Kick the airplane seat in front of them over and over when they get big enough"

"Oh, joy." And they're gone.

(End Scene)